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layout: docs
page_title: recover - Command
description: |-
  Use the recover command to pull data from a loaded snapshot and restore it at
  the specified path.
---

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# recover

@include 'alerts/enterprise-only.mdx'

The `recover` command pulls data at the specified path from a loaded snapshot
and restores it to the cluster, overwriting newer data on the same path.

@include 'recover/deletedmounts.mdx'

## Examples

Recover the KV version 1 secret at the path `my-secret` from the loaded snapshot with ID `2403d301-94f2-46a1-a39d-02be83e2831a`:

```shell-session
$ vault recover -snapshot-id=2403d301-94f2-46a1-a39d-02be83e2831a secret/my-secret
```

## Usage

The following flag is available in addition to the [standard set of
flags](/vault/docs/commands) included on all commands.

### Command options

- `snapshot-id` `(string: "")` - Specifies a loaded snapshot ID to recover
the data from.
